Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. List of Contributors xiii
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1 Olav Eivindsson Austad: Tales from Setesdal, Norway (19°7-1926)
8. Introduction: Norway's Last Great Storyteller 11
9. I. When the Bear Lost His Tail (AT 2) 23
10. 2. The Bear and the Fox Compete in Counting (AT 7) 24
11. 3. The Bear and the Fox Share a Field (AT 9B) 24
12. 4. The Firkin of Butter (AT 15) 25
13. 5. The Bear Kills Himself (AT 21) 27
14. 6. The House Mouse and the Woods Mouse (AT 112) 27
15. 7. The Ox, the Ram, and the Billy Goat (AT 130 + 5) 28
16. 8. The Frisky Gelding (AT 153) 32
17. 9. The Three Women and the Wolf (unclassified) 33
18. 10. The Cuckoo (unclassified) 34
19. II. The Troll and the Three Sisters (AT 3II) 34
20. 12. The Tale about the Wolf (AT 425) 38
21. 13. The Twelve Ravens (AT 451) 44
22. 14. Man-Daughter and Woman-Daughter (AT 480) 46
23. 15. The Goatherd Girl (AT 501) 51
24. 16. The Shining Apple Tree (AT 5IOAB) 54
25. 17. Ashfart and the Cat (AT 545B) 60
26. 18. The Golden Apple (AT 550) 64
27. 19. The Mare That Dropped Money (AT 563) 70
28. 20. Thumb (I) (AT 7°°) 71
29. 21. Thumb (II) (AT 700) 72
30. 22. The Prince Who Wanted a Real Princess (AT 704) 72
31. 23. The Woman Who Got Three Wishes (AT 750A) 74
32. 24. The Girl Who Didn't Want Any Children (AT 755) 75
33. 25. Cheese-Dun (AT 853) 76
34. 26. The Merry Boy (AT 9 21 ) 79
35. 27. As Wind in Hot Sun (AT 923A) 81
36. 28. Ashfart Who Took a Job with the Troll (AT 1°52 + II37) 81
37. 29. The Cat in Dogre (AT II6I) 84
38. 30. Trond(AT 116I) 85
39. 31. The Crazy Wife (AT 1384) 86
40. 32. The Clumsy Girl (AT 1453) 90
41. 33. The Fortune-Teller (AT 1535) 91
42. 34. The Boy and the Parson (AT 1535) 96
43. 35. The Man Who Never Gave Lodging (AT 1544) 98
44. 36. Frisk-Guss-Spass-Gass-Ber-Hu (UNCLASSIFIED) 99
45. 37. The Bet (UNCLASSIFIED) 101
46. 38. The Wretched Shoemaker (AT 1640) 102
47. 39. Pok, Slok, and Ashfart Go Stealing (AT 1653B) 105
48. 40. The Slow-Witted Son (AT 1685 + 1696) 109
49. 41. A Sermon (AT (824) 111
50. 42. The Woman Who Got News from Home (AT 1931) 112
51. 43. The Goat Who Wouldn't Go Home (AT 2015) 113
52. Part II Ane Margrete Hansen: Tales from Jutland, Denmark (1889)
53. Introduction: National Treasure and Local Culture 119
54. 44. The Two Hunters (AT 303 + 567) 131
55. 45. Millerimcej and Annekendcej (AT 313) 142
56. 46. The Scabby Garden Boy (AT 314 + 1880) 143
57. 47. The Three Wishes of the Smith (AT 330A) 149
58. 48. Solvborg Castle (AT 400) 151
59. 49. The Sisters in the Well (AT 480) 158
60. 50. Under the Gallows on Midsummer's Eve (AT 613) 162
61. 51. The Clever Queen (AT 875) 169
62. 52. The Priceless Glove (AT 892) 173
63. 53. The Haughty Princess (AT 900) 176
64. 54. The Visit (AT 915) 181
65. 55. The Soldier and the King in Disguise (AT 952) 183
66. 56. The Foolish Wife (AT 1382 + 1383) 187
67. 57. Dorret's Marriage (AT 1462) 188
68. 58 The White and the Black Hen (AT 1623*) 190
69. 59 The Numbskull's Marriage (AT 1696 + 1685) 193
70. 60 The Three Lies (AT 1920 + 1931) 198
71. Part III Jakob Glader: Tales from Dal, Sweden (1884)
72. Introduction: Meeting the Storyteller 201
73. 61. The Fox and the Bear (AT 15) 214
74. 62. The Store Mouse and the Woods Mouse (AT II2) 215
75. 63. The Billy Goat and the Wolf (AT 132) 216
76. 64. All the World's Reward (AT 155) 216
77. 65. The Suitor with the Green Beard (AT 365) 219
78. 66. The White Serpent Kingson (AT 433A) 220
79. 67. Perselia (AT 710) 223
80. 68. St. Peter's Wife (AT 774A) 227
81. 69. Ashfari, the Princess, and the Three Helpers (AT 850 + 513 + 513B) 228
82. 70. The Devil and Tita Gray (AT 1074 + 1170) 233
83. 71. The Cotter Who Competed with the Devil (AT 1090) 236
84. 72. The Skipper and Horn-Peter (AT 1179) 237
85. 73. The Name of the First Boy (AT 1450) 238
86. 74. The Girl Who Was So Handy (AT 1453) 239
87. 75. The Danish Minister (AT 1832 + 1835) 241
88. Part IV Johann Backstrom: Tales from Osterhy, Swedish Finland (1885)
89. Introduction: "Laughin' It Off" 243
90. 76. The Lion Who Met a Pretty Good Man (AT 157) 249
91. 77. The Devil Who Stood Guard for Seven Years (AT 36I) 250
92. 78. The Stingy Minister (AT 1544) 252
93. 79. The Purse (AT1740") 253
94. 80. The New Minister (AT 1825C) 254
95. 81. The Minister and the Church Warden (AT 1838) 255
96. 82. The Two Friends (AT 2014A) 256
97. 83 The Farmer and the Mountain Troll (UNCLASSIFIED) 257
98. 84 The Peasant Who Was Made a Knight (UNCLASSIFIED) 259
99. 85. The Boy Who Corrected the Minister (UNCLASSIFIED) 260
100. Part V Herdfs J6nasd6ttir: Tales from Husafell, Iceland (1966-1967)
101. Introduction: A Continuing Tradition 263
102. 86. Una, the Elf-Woman (AT 306) 271
103. 87. Hlini, the King's Son (AT 317A) 273
104. 88. Sigurour, Ingibjorg, and Kr6knefja (AT 327) 275
105. 89. Hringur and the Dog Snati-Snati (AT 328) 278
106. 90. The Tale of the Dog Mori (AT 425) 282
107. 91. Fetching the Fire (AT 480) 286
108. 92. Mjaoveig (AT 510) 289
109. 93. The Boy in the Pot (AT 675) 294
110. 94. Bjorn Shifty-Cloak (AT 706) 296
111. 95. Lice-Black (AT 850) 299
112. 96. Lineik and Laufey (AT 870B*) 302
113. 97. The Good Stepmother (AT 934E) 304
114. 98. Gramann (AT I525) 307
115. BIBLIOGRAPHY 311
116. INDEX OF TALE TYPES 321
117. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 325